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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Nicole Amare; Charlotte Brammer

has called it, “like an engineer.”3In essence, the cohort scheduling idea at UA functions as a reflection of some “turf wars” overwriting instruction at colleges around the country. It also epitomizes the conflict of the role ofwriting instruction: Do English departments exist merely to serve other disciplines’ needs for Page 8.490.2effective student writers (respective to each discipline)? Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright ©2003, American Society for Engineering EducationThere are many misperceptions in English departments about if and

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Trends in Mechanical Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

William Murphy; G. Lineberry

subjects stipulated in the course catalogdescriptions or in the course outcomes. While the ABET visitor acknowledged the satisfactorycontent of student work in these areas, it was stated that without it being included in the coursedescription and outcomes, such coverage was subject to instructor preference. The coursedescriptions and outcomes have been modified to appropriately reflect the coverage of the mathtopics in these areas. These course modifications will equally apply to the Lexington program,and perhaps prevent a similar issue from being raised at the time of their next general review. There were two concerns raised by the program evaluator. The first involved the fact that

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ECE Laboratory Development and Innovations

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Ralph Tanner

intention of this series of experiments was to find out thelimitations of the processor with the existing sensors. A brief explanation of the follow programis necessary. The follow program uses the infrared system to actively find an object that crossesit sensor path. When the object reflects infrared light back to the sensor, the robot follows wherethe side with most strength. The modification involved incrementally adding a bias or multiplierto the section of code that controlled the amount of power applied to the robot’s motors.Eventually the bias level increased to a level that caused a processor error. After recording thenumber, the target moved at a slower pace to see if the robot would stabilize. Likewise, the targetmoved at a faster pace

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Statistics in the CHE Curriculum

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Valerie Young

information, or bycontacting the author directly. The outcomes reflect fairly standard technical content in thecategories of statistical methods of data analysis, statistical process control, and experimentaldesign. Topics listed on the course syllabus for each 50-minute lecture are also quite standard. Page 8.384.2Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright 2003, American Society for Engineering EducationCourse RedesignIf the technical topics and student learning outcomes for the course are fairly standard, what havewe changed? Four significant changes to the course were

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Global Issues in Engineering Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Figliola; Beth Daniell; Art Young; David Moline

wrong inthe report. Overall, the usual miscues, such as failing to cite figures and referencing work, werecommon. Students struggled with data presentation, discussion of results, the extent of detailrequired, and a conclusion that presented a logical inference.The consultant observed that the students tended to be conversing with the instructor with theirreport rather than making the report stand on its own ("I connected the sensor to the amp…"), aclear reflection of their not understanding the intended audience. As a consequence, theinstructors were found to be encouraging the use of the third person and more use of passivevoice. This observation was quite important. The reliance on the passive voice appears to be areaction to a problem even

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Societal Contexts of Engineering Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven VanderLeest

unethical acts committed with the technology.5 Covering non-neutrality in the classroomThere are a number of methods that can be used to persuade students that the technology theydesign is not neutral. First, however, it is important to note that this idea cannot be assumed norcan it be covered too quickly. Students need time to think about it, struggle with it a bit, andmake it their own. One simple technique to address non-neutrality may be using betterterminology that more clearly communicates with students. For example, in order to keepstudents from sliding into the mistake of associating neutrality with lack of volition, terms such as“neutrality” or “value-laden” can be replaced with terms that better reflect the idea that designedform leads

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Sven Hvid Nielsen

the students to be involved in e.g.: 1) analysis and diagnosis of industrialissues, 2) development/design of solutions - holistic as detail, 3) planning/implementationand control of solutions 4) a dynamic learning process as benefit for innovation, research,methodology, tools and new knowledge,which naturally involves special attention to reflection and be aware of the potentialpossibilities and resources in connecting to human, social and technical dimensions in anecessary interplay between crossover, development, decision and carry out processes.Most of the projects are carried out in groups of students, which allows for practising inter-personal communication skills. Unfortunately, resource constraints at our university oftenlead to

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Innovations in Teaching Mechanics

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Hall; Nancy Hubing; David Oglesby; Vikas Yellamraju; Ralph Flori; Timothy Philpot

been as high as would havebeen the case had the outcomes test counted toward their grade, which was reflected at least inthe low motivation levels for those in the high GPA group. Third, the lower-level knowledgeassessed via the multiple choice test may not have accurately reflected the additional spatial andapplied knowledge that could have been gained by those who were exposed to the 3-Dmultimedia presentation.It should be noted that the instructor presenting the video lectures in the experiment is anexceptional teacher who has received 12 Outstanding Teaching Awards in his 13 years at UMR.The fact that students viewing the animated Flash modules had ratings and scores that were notstatistically different from those of students viewing the

Conference Session

Web Systems and Web Services

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Marcus Huggans; Steve Watkins; Halvard E. Nystrom

learning styles to class design can create opportunities for suchimprovements. Learning styles reflect that different individuals have preferred ways tolearn. Because of its promise to improve learning effectiveness, it was ranked by JamesStice as one of the eight key educational innovations in the last thirty years.1 Asynchronous web-based learning modules are intended for self-paced use. Thesemodules can provide an opportunity to apply pedagogical concepts to individualizedstudent learning. In particular, these modules can be specifically designed to appeal tostudents with specific learning styles. This tailoring is an advantage to instructors thathave preferred teaching styles and that have difficulty modifying their methods to facilitatethe

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Issues for ET Administrators

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Kenneth Rennels

accreditation purposes registration as a Professional Engineer, Architect or Surveyor is acceptable in lieu of a master’s degree. Criteria for employment, promotion, and financial recognition of faculty members should reflect emphasis on competence as a teacher, relevant industrial experience, and the master’s degree the appropriate terminal degree.4 Basic credentials consist of three years of relevant industrial experience and one of the following: a master's degree in engineering or engineering 2003-2004 technology, which is considered as the appropriate terminal degree; a master's degree in a closely related field if

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2001 Annual Conference

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Larry McKenzie; Kenneth Gentili; Jr., Richard Crain; Jeffrey McCauley; Forrest Parkay; Denny Davis; Michael Trevisan

developed byuniversities and colleges can also be effectively substituted for the third step.The first two steps take about five hours of class time and provide students with arudimentary concept of the design process. They begin to develop fundamental tools onhow to apply each component of the engineering design process, improve theircommunication skills, and develop a more focused and supportive team.As noted before, this process is repeated later in the quarter by forming a second team todevelop their knowledge and skills to a higher level of thinking and interacting. Theybecome much more adept at reflecting on the developmental process as they compare andcontrast their team experiences. It improves their ability to develop effective teams in

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2001 Annual Conference

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Roman Morawski; Andrzej Krasniewski

rather inclined to browse in the Internet or in the books –preferably, in the books providing detailed explanations without room for personal deductionand reflection. On the other hand, the lack of elementary practical skills, concerning the use ofsimple tools and instruments, is deterring students from courses supported by laboratoryexercises – other than software games – and prevents them from learning by hands-onexperience. The avoidance attitude towards experimental work is reinforced by the signalscoming from the job markets for our graduates: the most desirable profile of professionalqualifications seems to be that of a software engineer able to arrange and maintain a computernetwork in a bank or in a telecommunication company. Taking into

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2001 Annual Conference

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Rebecca Sidler Kellogg; J. Adin Mann; Ann Dieterich

% 29% 32% 2.9 1.12 equitable Rubrics should be used more often in 32% 44% 24% 2.9 1.09 evaluating course materials Rubrics should be used throughout the entire 38% 53% 9% 2.6 0.85 curriculum (from freshman to senior year) Rubrics are useful assessment tools in 18% 38% 39% 3.2 0.92 engineering design courses Changes to the rubric during the semester should be made to reflect the growth in my 15% 24% 62% 3.6 1.04 ability Any changes to the rubric during the semester should

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2001 Annual Conference

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Michael Carter; Sarah Rajala

be: • consistent with the mission of the institution. They should reflect pertinent parts of the mission statements and long-range plans of the university, college of engineering, and department. • consistent with the needs of key constituencies. They should address the concerns of the major stakeholders in the program, such as students, employers, industry advisory boards, etc. • comprehensive. They should be broad and overarching, providing a vision for the whole program. • consistent with the other EC2000 criteria. They should be compatible with the language of Criterion 1 and Criteria 3-8. • clearly defined. They should be delineated with enough detail to make

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Rita Caso; Jeanne Rierson; James Graham

with a nurturing academic community and access toacademic enrichment. A strategy adopted in the TAMU College of Engineering, in 1998, was toincorporate and institutionalize within the freshman engineering academic program many of thepractices which had been initially seeded and supported by the AMP programiii.Yearly Annual Reports and progress updates to NSF regularly report on the program’s principalsuccess indicator, the number of minority SMET BS students graduated by the TX AMP acrossall campuses. Our motives for undertaking this study were to probe and evaluate the effect of theAMP program and AMP program tactics upon some of the other important student performanceoutcomes which reflect upon students’ educational experience. We believe

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2001 Annual Conference

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William S. Carlsen; Christine M. Cunningham; Carol B. Muller; Peg Boyle Single

Conference & Exposition Copyright  2001, American Society for Engineering Education”participants to reflect on their experiences and bring the program to a close. Third, thediscussion suggestions are a means to educate mentors and the students about issues pertinent towomen in engineering and science. Fourth, the suggestions serve as a reminder to keep incontact with their e-mentoring partner. In addition to the regularly delivered discussionsuggestions, the participants are sent monthly newsletters updating them on the activities of theMentorNet program.The last element of the MentorNet program is the group of electronic discussion lists. Theelectronic discussion lists foster community among women (and men) in

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2001 Annual Conference

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Jerald Vogel; Rebecca Sidler Kellogg

Taxonomy.Hands-on activities often provide good learning experiences. Small design projects that requirestudents to develop a design solution in a given time using a limited number of commonmaterials and tools offers many opportunities to promote higher order learning and divergentthinking. Such projects can be implemented into a class period. Students my be encouraged towork in design teams to promote the exchange of ideas and experiences, interaction, andcommunication. These projects have been used successfully with students as young aselementary school15. Successful implementation requires the educator to be alert to opportunitiesfor follow-up questions and discussions that provoke thought and reflection. These are oftensituation-specific. Probing

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Kenneth D. West; Craig W. Smith

previously taken aphysics course4. Notice that in the 1996-1997 academic year there is only a little improvement.This was the year before we reformed the course when lectures mostly consisted of derivationsand example problems. The greater improvement of the calculus-based Physics 241 studentsundoubtedly reflects their better academic preparation. The shaded post test scores are after wereformed the courses. With the exception of the 97-98 year in Technical Physics, there is asignificant improvement in the students’ scores, which presumably reflects their improvedconceptual learning. The 97-98 Technical Physics class showed disappointing improvementbut it was an unusually undisciplined group that took physics from 3:30 to 5:30 PM after theyhad been

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Sharon A. Jones; Indira Nair

. However, including the students in thisprovides a rewarding environment and models the participatory decision making process.Concept Maps and Other Useful Representations: Inherent to representing and reflecting ona systems view of the subject in question are ways of drawing relationships among concepts.Diagrams for representing knowledge frameworks, or logical sequences have been used invarious disciplines under names such as concept maps, flowcharts, mind maps, and mentalmodels. Such diagrams are a central part of learning that encourages students to construct theirworldviews or “mental models” and reflect upon relationships and systems. The model ofteaching students to construct their knowledge is generally called a constructivist model

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2000 Annual Conference

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Rosa Buxeda; Ramon Vazquez Espinosa; Jorge I. Velez; Lueny M. Morell

scientific UPPER LEVEL u 30% d methodology, e 20% n t RS/GIS literature 10% s search, how to 0% sensory intuitive visual verbal active prepare and present a reflective sequential global PERCEPTION INPUT MODALITY poster. Activities

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2000 Annual Conference

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Robert S. Thompson

-robin” designs where eachmember of a group rates each other member of the group. Self-evaluations are excluded in theround-robin design. Montgomery 25 partitioned the source of variance in a group peerevaluation study using an early version of Kenny’s round-robin statistical program. In theMontgomery study, when the sources of variation are categorized into potential assessment error(rater) versus those that reflect the actual behavioral variation, only 9% of the source of errorwere assigned to potential assessment error. As reported, these are measures of consensus(agreement) and are not a measure of validity. Validity in the Montgomery study was high. Thisis based on the correlation of the average of the peer ratings with the average of

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2000 Annual Conference

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Zheng-Tao Deng; Abdul R. Jalloh; Amir Mobasher; Ruben Rojas-Oviedo

adaptability in the design of engineering curricula. Page 5.571.3Some engineering programs here in the U.S., still debate the wisdom of the proposed changesgiven that: It worked before, nothing has fallen off the table, if it isn’t broke don’t fix it ,principles are non-changing, why should we. However, if the engineering program is viewedas part of a dynamic system and every thing changes around it, then it would be reasonable toexpect reflections of these changes in the curricula. Paradoxically in some nations of thepacific rim engineering programs are more aggressive in promoting rapid innovation and earlyspecialized training.ABETBy December of the

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2000 Annual Conference

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Michael Mackay; George DeLancey; Richard Cole; Bernard Gallois; Keith Sheppard; Gerald Rothberg

-W. halogen spot lamp to simulate solar radiation and an infrared-reflecting film (tominimize infrared heating of the cells) add an additional dimension to the experiment. To Page 5.174.7determine the efficiency of conversion of radiation from the lamp into electrical power, it isnecessary to integrate the radial variation of light intensity over the rectangular area of the solarpanel. This is a worthwhile, practical, and non-trivial application of integral calculus. Theexperiment is intended to emphasize energy flow and conversions but is too early in the se- Halogen

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Jasper L Steyn; Tobia Steyn

includes aspects relating to the social, physical and experience environment.· Information processing reflects on general and specific learning, summarizing and reading strategies, critical thinking and understanding strategies like the optimal use of sketches, tables and diagrams.In Table 5 the results of a step-wise regression analysis taking the fields of the SOM asindependent variables and the performance in the first semester calculus course as dependentvariable are given for the 2000 and 2001 groups respectively. Page 7.144.10 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Confere nce & Exposition

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Freshman Success/Retention Strategies

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

William Wild; Michael Ryan

thestudent’s “Introduction to Engineering” course grade. The first meeting is integrated intothe Opening Day program (described above) ensuring that contact is initiated. Studentsprepare a brief reflective writing exercise for this meeting that focuses on how they cameto be in engineering, and on their images of engineering. These responses provide aspringboard for conversation and provide mentors with an initial sense of how deeplycommitted and well informed each of their mentees is regarding the pursuit ofengineering. The second meeting takes place about one month into the semester. Thefocus at this time is to identify arising issues and help connect students to appropriatesupport resources as needed. The third meeting is near the end of the

Conference Session

Instrumentation and Control Applications

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Philip McCreanor

Page 7.363.2industry. In a TDR measurement, a rapid rise voltage spike is applied to the sensor. The “Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2002, American Society for Engineering Education”measurement instrumentation then analyzes the reflection of the voltage wave. The shape andcharacteristics of the reflected voltage wave can be used to determine a variety of materialproperties including moisture content. In a TDT measurement, a rapid rise voltage spike isapplied to one end of the sensor. The measurement instrumentation then evaluates the timerequired for the voltage spike to arrive at the other end of the sensor. This arrival time

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

John Klegka; Robert Rabb

scale of 1-5,the lowest rating was 4.00 in AY99 for increasing the abilities to communicate orally and inwriting. The non-engineering students in the survey are the humanities or science students whotake a significant number of writing and reasoning courses. On the other hand, the non-engineering students recorded a high rating of 4.46 in AY99 for understanding the engineeringthought process, followed closely with a 4.44 for the ability to apply engineering principles.Additionally, exposed to the engineering design process for the first time, the non-engineeringmajors were not so confident with the process although they understood it. In AY99, therelatively high ratings reflect a high degree of acceptance, curiosity, and motivation

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Technology Entrepreneurship Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephen Markham; Russell Thomas; Roger Debo; Angus Kingon

businessfor themselves; students seeking to join an entrepreneurial venture; students who wish to get intothe venture capital field; and students likely to become involved in technology management in alarge corporation.” These variants are typically reflected within the elective offerings. The electiveofferings, and in fact the entire flavor of the entrepreneurship program in a school, can also beinfluenced by the culture within the business school. For example, in some schools,entrepreneurship is strongly linked to the field of strategy, with a resultant strong emphasis on‘intrapreneurship.’A further point to note with respect to the teaching of entrepreneurship within business schools, isthe ease with which ancillary topics/skills can be included

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Teaching Teaming Skills Through Design

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

John Feland

Thinking Styles 8The Johnson Conflict Survey assesses how students cope with conflict in teaming situations. Itprovides students with an assessment of their typical response to conflict in five paramountareas, Accommodation, Collaboration, Compromise, Avoid/Withdraw, and Force. Examiningthe balance of these factors, students can anticipate how their team and they themselves willreact to the inevitable conflicts that arise.The students aggregated their results into a one-page summary. This was done before the resultswere explained in an effort to limit the "gaming" of the assessments. In class the threeassessments were explained and the students were encouraged to share their results with teammembers. Then, as a reflective exercise, the students

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Programming and DSP Potpourri

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Masaaki Mizuno

attendants who tried to study VC++ through booksbefore attending the course. Many VC++ books on the market teach VC++ programming bygoing through hands-on exercise problems. Interestingly, their comments can be almostunanimously characterized by the following three points:1. They had difficulties in following C++ solution code in the books.2. By following step-by-step instructions in hands-on exercises, they could develop programs. However, when they tried to develop their own programs even slightly different from the exercise programs, they did not know where to start.3. Even though they managed to create their own programs, they could not debug the programs once they encountered bugs.The last two comments exactly reflect the instructor's own